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The embodied carbon emissions of lettuce production (AMS Institute)

Feline van Vliet

SKY HIGH

This paper researches the carbon emission of vertical farming. It is published as part of the SKY HIGH project. The goal of this project is to solve both the growing demand for food production and the greenhouse gas emissions from the agricultural sector, by using vertical farming. Although vertical farming is water efficient, nutrient efficient, highly productive, and does not require herbicides or pesticides, the method needs to be made energy-efficient.

Full Title: The embodied carbon emissions of lettuce production in vertical farming, greenhouse horticulture, and open-field farming in the Netherlands

Authors

  • T. Blom (Delft University of Technology,  Department of Architectural Engineering and Technology)
  • , A. Jenkins (Delft University of Technology,  Department of Architectural Engineering and Technology)
  • R.M. Pulselli (University of Florence, Department of Architecture)
  • A.A.J.F. van den Dobbelsteen (Delft University of Technology,  Department of Architectural Engineering and Technology)

View the original at Elsevier.

Partners

  • NWO - Project lead 
  • Bayer, Bosman Van Zaal
  • Certhon, Fresh Forward
  • Grodan
  • GROWx
  • HAS University of Applied Sciences
  • Own Greens, Priva, Signify (Philips Lighting)
  • Solynta, TU Delft
  • Eindhoven University of Technology
  • Unilever, Leiden University
  • University of Amsterdam
  • Van Bergen Kolpa Architects
  • Wageningen Plant Research
  • Wageningen University

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